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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by jpatokal on Monday March 23, 2015 @12:29AM (#9249501)
Are you serious? Here's an actual case of corruption at a government-linked org in Singapore: in particular, look how three people making claims that later turned out to entirely factual were sued into apologizing, and the bubble only burst when the NKF made the mistake of suing somebody even better-connected to the establishment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Kidney_Foundation_Sin...

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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by skinnylatte on Monday March 23, 2015 @03:58AM (#9249879)
So we are too corrupt or are we too authoritarian?

After all we just jailed a man over pineapple tart corruption.

NKF is not the government. That's kind of like saying that TSA molests people, and that the federal government is responsible for it.

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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by nailer on Monday March 23, 2015 @05:18AM (#9250026)
It's possible to be both. Do not tolerate protest, and also promote family members to run state organisations.
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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by skinnylatte on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @02:47AM (#9255187)
I think you'll find that there are no grounds to prove the latter part of your statement in a way which supports your implied accusations of nepotism.
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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by sjwright on Monday March 23, 2015 @01:01AM (#9249568)
Exception that proves the rule.
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